Boys' name · since 1980
Zhivago
Zhivago has 5 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #45,421 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
5 boys have been named Zhivago since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Zhivago has 5 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1980.
- #45,421 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 5 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zhivago ranks #45,421 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #45,421 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Zhivago's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zhivago popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1980
- Peak year (1980)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Zhivago by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Zhivago's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Zhivago births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zhivago: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~0 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zhivago draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.